Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2021 report has put Nigeria’s rank at its lowest score since the earliest comparable year of available data (2021).
Other countries that achieved the lowest score alongside Nigeria are Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Comoros, Cyprus, Dominica, Eswatini, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Philippines, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, South Sudan,
Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela.
The report revealed that corruption levels are at a worldwide standstill in 2021. The ranking focused on 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption.
The 2021 report shows that Nigeria scored 24/100, and moved one position to 154/180.
Writing about Nigeria in the report, Transparency International reported;
In Nigeria (24) – which hit a historic low on the 2021 CPI – more than 100 powerful individuals were exposed as having used anonymous companies to buy properties with a total worth of £350 million in the United Kingdom alone. Secretive dealings among Nigeria’s powerholders were previously reported as part of the Panama Papers and FinCEN Files investigations. Inaction over past disclosures has created a sense of impunity, stalling anti-corruption progress in the country.
Transparency International is a global movement with one vision: a world in which government, business, civil society and the daily lives of people are free of corruption. With more than 100 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, we are leading the fight against corruption to turn this vision into reality.
The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption.
In Summary, TI reported that 2021’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals that corruption levels are at a worldwide standstill.
Nnamdi Maduakor is a Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur
